Suwanchai Wattanayingcharoenchai, chief of the Department of Disease Control, said the new case was a 54-year-old Chinese woman from Wuhan City who was isolated and admitted to a hospital after meeting a Chinese person. another was infected with 2019-nCoV while in Thailand,

“The 33rd patient was caused by contact with an infected person, but his health was not serious. This person is being treated at the Bamrasnaradura Institute of Infectious Diseases in Nonthaburi Province from February 6, ”said Director of Suwanchai.

Ten out of 33 people infected with 2019-nCoV recovered and returned home, while 23 are still being treated at Thai hospitals. So far Thailand has not recorded cases of death.

Thailand has not imposed any ban on tourists leaving or entering the country since the 2019-nCoV outbreak, but still conducted body temperature measurements at airports and border gates, screening. passengers on flights from China on arrival and require a health certificate issued by China to be allowed to enter Thailand.

Meanwhile, the Thai government banned the passengers of Dutch cruise ship MS Westerdam from entering the country, due to the 2019-nCoV concern spread, even though the owner is Miami-based Carnival Corp and its pilots. The delegation confirmed that no one on board was infected. The MS Westerdam vessel carrying 2,257 people, including 1,455 passengers and 802 crew members, departs in Singapore and the first stop is Japan’s Yokohama port.

Thai officials are concerned that the MS Westerdam, similar to the American Diamond Princess, is being isolated in the port area of Yokohama, Japan, when at least 130 people were infected with corona virus among 3,600 passengers and crew.